Let It Rain

The activity really comes to life within its intended unit on starting a rain garden. Working in groups, participants research native plants and coordinate them with the conditions in the designated garden area. Give the class access to...

The question is posed, is it permeable or impermeable, it's up to your critical thinkers to determine the answer. This presentation provides several scientific concepts related to permeability and the properties of matter alongside...

I love this idea! After discussing rain, spring, and the weather, take your class outside and let nature do the painting. They shake power paints and glitter onto a piece of heavy construction paper, then take their paper outside and...

Learners compare roofing materials to determine which ones reduce rain runoff. In this rain runoff lesson plan, students use a milk carton, stickers, soil, and more to create this activity.

In this acid rain crossword worksheet, students read 12 clues and select the answer from the word bank and place it in the crossword puzzle. Prior knowledge about acid rain is assumed.

Students explore acid rain. In this science lesson plan, students demonstrate phenomenologically the effects of acid rain on our environment and perform long-term "real-time" experiments.

Students explain and define the term, 'meteorology.' They examine the causes of the weather, explain how we forecast the weather and play a game which highlights why it rains.

Learners create a rain stick.  In this rain stick lesson, students construct their rain stick using a cardboard tube, stickpins, a cup of rice, and decorative paper.  Learners follow given instructions and listen to sounds from the...

Students make their own pH indicator from red cabbage. Red cabbage contains a chemical that turns from its natural deep purple color to red in acids and blue in bases. Students boil the cabbage to get the pH indicator.

Students create a sundial to measure local apparent time as it relates to the position of the sun in the sky. In this sundial lesson, students cut and glue gnomon to a sheet of thin cardboard.  Students then set the sundial in an...